From: jm59@prism.gatech.EDU (MILLS,JOHN M.)
Subject: Re: C+++, yes three pluses
Date: 16 Mar 93 14:58:49 GMT
Date: 1993-03-16T14:58:49+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <89496@hydra.gatech.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1993Mar16.113344.5594@unix.brighton.ac.uk
In article <1993Mar16.113344.5594@unix.brighton.ac.uk> je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English) writes:
>bketcham@stein2.u.washington.edu (Benjamin Ketcham) writes:
>: But then, I always thought the original one should
>: be ++C.
>Well, actually C++ is an accurate name -- it means that every time you
>use the language, a new feature gets added... :-)
Are thinking of Forth?
Lippman asks the question* in his _C++_Primer_. I have heard the preferred
answer is:
"Increment C, then use the old value."
* Actually his formulation is: "Why was C++ not called ++C?"
'Old friends are best' -- my father, on retold jokes.
Regards --jmm--
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1993-03-13 12:34 C+++, yes three pluses SAHARBAUGH
1993-03-14 21:12 ` Benjamin Ketcham
1993-03-16 11:33 ` John English
1993-03-16 14:58 ` MILLS,JOHN M. [this message]
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